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Ode to Winter
I remember, as a child, fumbling in the complete darkness of my bedroom. The clock having just struck my morning anxieties, and myself heading toward the window to summon the day into the room. Rolling up the night around the slats of the blind, the picture of the...
Finding Your Muse by Monica Galvan
You can tell a lot about a person by what they photograph There are the ones who photograph their meals at a restaurant, positioning each element carefully. There are those who only photograph their kid's laughter and smiles to keep them young forever. Some photograph...
Blazing Sun and Hard Shadows – A Noir Chronicle
The labyrinthine streets spread like cracks on the downtown area of São Paulo. I walk shouldering my way through the crowd, keeping the man in my line of sight. The street I chase him on is older than the very foundation of the city. It already was a path crossed by...
The Instagram #StorytellerCircle
Each week, on Mondays, we challenge our Instagram community with a story prompt. Here is how it works:
We select a photo from our #wearegrryo hashtag and post it to the @wearegrryo account.
You can add a story in 1-2 sentences in the comments. The best gets a feature here on our website.
Good Luck!
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1000 Words, Instagram Showcase : May
Grryo believes that mobile photographers/artists tell stories through the photographs/images and art that represents their families, their environment, themselves. This is important because of the level of communication that is portrayed in imaging today. We want to support the mobile arts community having a place for artists to share, discuss, and critique (if requested by individual).
The Umbrella That Traveled The World
If you are as frequent a visitor to Instagram as I am, there is a good chance you’ve run across a colorful rainbow umbrella in your feed over the last several months. In addition, there’s a great chance that one of those umbrellas was originally started on its journey by Jill Emmer, also known as @shineonyoucraydiamond. I’ve seen a few other ‘traveling object’ projects (in fact, I’ve even been working on one of my own), but Jill’s is likely one of the most widespread and successful.
The Storytellers Vol. 5
Zelda smoked her morning cig as she gazed down into her human terrarium. Looks like there’d been some trouble overnight . . .
1000 Words, Instagram Showcase : March
Grryo believes that mobile photographers/artists tell stories through the photographs/images and art that represents their families, their environment, themselves. This is important because of the level of communication that is portrayed in imaging today. We want to support the mobile arts community by having a place for artists to share, discuss, and critique (if requested by individual).
The Storytellers Vol. 4
She paused for a second thinking of all she would leave behind … Knowing that the minute she stepped out the door, everything would change ….
1000 Words Instagram Showcase : February
Grryo believes that mobile photographers/artists tell stories through the photographs/images and art that represents their families, their environment, themselves. This is important because of the level of communication that is portrayed in imaging today. We want to support the mobile arts community by having a place for artists to share, discuss, and critique (if requested by individual). These dialogues help the individuals and the community to grow. We look forward to you and your art. We thank you for your contribution to the mobile photography/arts community. Join us by tagging your images #wearegrry or #grryo. We hope to see you there!
1000 Words, Instagram Vol. 5: Themed Showcase
Welcome to our fifth themed Instagram 1000 words showcase! There are many talented artists on Instagram and we wanted to tap into their creativity and showcase their work here. Fun combo theme this time! My Favorite Things and I SPY. Remember those books? Each one of these images has a hidden element, a little surprise, something beloved to the artist and a great story behind it.
ARTmobile: A crowdsourced project
ARTmobile is an editorial project by Alberto Makusikusi, aimed at publishing, in book format, the work of outstanding photographers who capture and edit their pictures on smart phones. A pioneering book unique in its genre, different from those books published so far, in which each author will have a wide number of pages to show his/her best pictures, as if it was a personal photographic exhibition.
Momdom
I have decided that raising children is a lot like a series of night terrors. You have 10 hours with them a day (until they go to school) to be loving and compassionate. Then darkness falls, and the terrors come, and all the hugs and kisses and encouragement don’t matter for those few minutes. I view sending my kids into the world as a sort of protracted night terror.